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    SSD Speeds low?

    Google "SSD TRIM Monitor", which shows a tool (hIOmon) that might be helpful in this regard.
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    TRIM and Windows 7

    There is a tool available (called hIOmon) that can capture the extent to which the Windows operating system is actually issuing SSD TRIM commands. The tool includes a "Windows Sidebar Gadget" that can display a subset of TRIM-related metrics during everyday, normal usage of your computer...
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    TRIM disabled on Crucial C300?

    To help answer your second question, you might want to check out the "hIOmon SSD TRIM Metrics" display gadget (30-day free demo version available for download): http://www.hyperIO.com/hIOmon/AddOns/Gadgets/hIOmonSSDTrimMetricsDisplayGadget.htm
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    Anand Article: Seagate's Momentus XT Reviewed, Finally a Good Hybrid HDD

    It is my understanding that basic hard drives (such as Seagate drive mentioned) have no inherent knowledge of "files". They basically and simply handle the data transfer of sectors/blocks as addressed by means of LBAs (logical block addresses). And they have no knowledge that a particular...
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    How to CORRECTLY optimize your SSD for windows 7

    There is a full-feature version of the software for personal use on Windows 7/Vista/XP for $75, but there is a free demo version (full feature) that can be downloaded and used for 30 days.
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    How to CORRECTLY optimize your SSD for windows 7

    Regarding the performance impact of file fragmentation, the fact is that a single file I/O operation to a "fragmented file" can incur two (or more) disk I/O operations in order to satisfy the data transfer required by the single file I/O operation. Such "split I/O operations" can result in a...